Keystone Health in Pennsylvania is notifying 235,237 patients about an incident they describe on their website: On August 19, 2022, we identified an incident that temporarily disrupted our computer systems. We reported the incident to law enforcement and worked with a third-party cybersecurity firm to determine what happened. Our investigation found that an unauthorized party…
Category: Breach Incidents
Australia’s Medibank reports cyber incident, shares on trading halt
Reuters reports: Australian health insurer Medibank Private (MPL.AX) said on Thursday it will isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems as it detected unusual activity on its network. The company said it took “immediate steps to contain the incident, and engaged specialised cybersecurity firms”, adding that there was no evidence that any sensitive data,…
Retirement plan participants urge judge not to dismiss Horizon Actuarial Services data breach class action
Abraham Jewett reports that a group of Horizon Actuarial Services retirement plan participants are trying to save their proposed class action lawsuit from dismissal by a judge. The litigation stems from a ransomware incident in November 2021. The proposed class of more than 2 million Horizon retirement plan participants argue that the data breach was…
Attorney General James Secures $1.9 Million from E-Commerce SHEIN and ROMWE Owner Zoetop for Failing to Protect Consumers’ Data
October 12 – NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $1.9 million from e-commerce retailer, Zoetop Business Company, Ltd. (Zoetop), for failing to properly handle a data breach that compromised the personal information of tens of millions of consumers worldwide and for lying about the scope of the breach to consumers. Zoetop, which…
Eventus WholeHealth notifies patients of breach
Eventus WholeHealth, PLLC (“Eventus”) provides integrated primary care and mental health services to medically vulnerable adults. In a press release issued this week, they disclose a breach involving protected health information. “On June 1, 2022, we observed suspicious activity associated with a single Eventus email account, despite multifactor authentication on the account.” Comment: That statement…
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley reaches agreement to settle data breach litigation
The Business Journal reports: A class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley. The case, pending in Fresno County Superior Court, stems from an Aug. 28, 2021 data breach where United Health Centers (UHC) patient information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, diagnosis information codes, financial…